Cyber Technical Analyst Principal with Security Clearance

VTG; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

VTG in Chantilly, VA is seeking a highly motivated Cyber Technical Analyst Principal to join our team. The role emphasizes operations, analysis, and virtual operations to support customer requirements, with TS/SCI w/ Poly clearance.

The successful candidate will leverage targeting tools, coordinate with partner organizations, develop and enable CNE projects, and translate complex data into actionable leads and concise project summaries for leadership.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI with Poly clearance required.
• 8+ years in technical targeting or related cyber roles.
• Proven ability to convert data into actionable leads.
• Experience supporting IC cyber activities.

Responsibilities

• Read and respond to customer communications and identify leads.
• Utilize customer tools to correlate leads and coordinate with partners.
• Work with mission centers, field offices, and technical partners to enable CNE projects.
• Develop and maintain project summaries and briefing materials.

Skills

Cyber operations

Data analysis

Targeting

Briefing skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Targeting tools/databases

Analytic tools

Job description

Overview VTG is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Cyber Technical Analyst Principal to join our team. What will you do?

• The ideal candidate will have cyber expertise in the area of operations, analysis and virtual operations to support customer requirements.
• Responsibilities include but are not limited to reading and responding to customer communications and identifying potential leads by exploiting customer information.
• Utilizing customer provided tools to correlate and enhance initial leads and coordinating leads with other customer partner organizations.
• Work closely with mission centers, field stations and bases, and technical partners across the customer, the IC, and the field to use their targeting expertise to develop and enable the execution of CNE projects.
• Gain knowledge of the CNE project approval process as well as other required documentation/approvals and contribute to these documents and process.
• Leverage all of targeting resources available to support CNE access and exploitation of network and devices. Do you have what it takes?
• TS/SCI with Poly
• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience)
• A minimum of 8+ years as a Technical Targeter (Full Performance 5+ years, Senior 8+ years, Expert 11+ years)
• Demonstrated experience supporting IC cyber activities.
• Demonstrated experience in targeting work.
• Demonstrated experience utilizing an array of Targeting Tools/databases for project leads in support of technical projects.
• Demonstrated experience applying the appropriate internet research.
• Demonstrated experience assimilating and evaluation large amounts of data drawn from all source traces and technical projects.
• Demonstrated experience converting data into actionable project leads.
• Demonstrated experience using the internet in a project environment.
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining contact with appropriate sponsor, other USG organizations, and the IC to effectively support/coordinate the sharing of information.
• Demonstrated experience using strong analytic, writing, and briefing skills when presenting results of targeting research. Desired Skills and Abilities
• Demonstrated experience using foreign language skills (spoken, written, or reading) specifically Arabic or Farsi.
• Demonstrated experience with classified data repositories.
• Demonstrated experience working with customer databases and analytic tools.
• Demonstrated experience working counterintelligence area in a HUMINT targeter capacity.
• Demonstrated experience with HUMINT or cyber collection/exploitation missions.
• Demonstrated experience working int telecommunications, including cellular networks and computer networks.
• Demonstrated experience and ability to successfully pursue and drive projects against targets.
• Demonstrated experience working as a senior targeting officer in the IC evaluation technical information for CT targeting and reporting purposes.
• Demonstrated experience writing concise project summaries and requirements and deliver these results to non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated experience drafting and coordinating project correspondence, such as cables and targeting packages.